No. 1 High was the best school in the entire Yangcheng.
The students it cultivated were all elites, and naturally, it was also equipped with the best teachers.
However, this incident had happened far too suddenly. No one could have expected that a monster would slip into the school—let alone into the cafeteria.
The two esper teachers continuously attacked the ghoul, which clearly struggled to defend itself.
The blood Mammon had given it was limited, so the boost to its strength was minimal. Moreover, it hadn't consumed enough flesh and blood to further strengthen itself.
Before long, one of the espers swung his blade and directly chopped off the ghoul's head.
The ghoul's body collapsed to the ground at the same time.
"It's alright now. I've already contacted the infirmary. Someone will be here soon to treat this student."
Seeing that the monster had been killed, the two espers visibly relaxed. After all, with its head cut off, it had to be completely dead.
One of them—a bespectacled esper—turned around and walked over to Mammon and the others. After examining Li Xuwei's injuries, he reassured Li Yuxin.
As the young master and eldest daughter of the Li family, he naturally recognized them.
Although Li Xuwei's injuries were severe, they were all on his arm. At worst, it was a case of excessive blood loss.
The school infirmary had healing-type espers. This kind of injury could still be treated—it would just require some recovery time.
"Thank you, teacher."
Li Yuxin nodded. Her emotions had gradually begun to stabilize.
"Ah!"
At that moment, terrified screams erupted again.
The bespectacled esper froze for a second and quickly turned his head—
Only to see the "dead" ghoul stand back up.
It picked up its own severed head and sprinted wildly in the opposite direction.
Though its intelligence was low, the ghoul still understood one thing—
If it didn't run now, it would likely be torn to pieces.
A literal head-in-hand escape.
The bespectacled esper: ????
His eyes widened in shock as he stared at the ghoul running away while carrying its own head.
What the hell kind of monster was this?!
"Chase it! That thing is too dangerous."
The blade-wielding esper was briefly stunned as well, but quickly regained his composure and said in a low voice.
This was a school!
Such a vicious monster had to be eliminated. Otherwise, it would be far too dangerous for the students.
"You all stay here. The medical staff will arrive shortly."
The bespectacled esper nodded and instructed Li Yuxin and Mammon before chasing after the ghoul together with his colleague.
Mammon narrowed his crimson eyes slightly as he watched the two espers leave.
As expected of Yangcheng No. 1 High…
He mused inwardly.
Both of those teachers were C-rank espers.
That alone showed how powerful this school truly was. Then again, it made sense—top schools in major cities had all been reorganized by the Human Alliance.
After all, humanity's leaders understood clearly how important it was to cultivate fresh talent.
C-rank espers were nothing in Mammon's eyes.
With his abilities, creating demons of similar strength was not particularly difficult.
However, this school undoubtedly hid even stronger individuals.
As for that ghoul?
Mammon didn't care.
It was merely a disposable tool—its destruction meant nothing.
But without special methods, it wouldn't be easy for those two C-rank espers to truly kill it.
Though the ghoul's strength was average, its immortality was very real.
Unless it was reduced to ashes—
In this world, where weapons like Nichirin Blades did not yet exist, demons had no true natural enemies besides sunlight.
At least, not yet.
And indeed, the bespectacled esper had not lied.
Not long after, several medical staff in white coats rushed into the cafeteria.
A healing-type esper first used a treatment ability to stabilize Li Xuwei's injuries, then placed him on a stretcher and took him away for further treatment.
Outside the infirmary.
"Thank you so much, Mammon."
Through the window, seeing Li Xuwei's complexion improve slightly, Li Yuxin let out a sigh of relief and thanked him sincerely.
"Yeah, seriously, thank you! I thought my brother was really going to get eaten…"
Beside her, Li Yuqin—now with a medicinal patch on her face—patted her chest with lingering fear.
Although she had been attacked, she was only knocked away earlier. She had already mostly recovered.
"But hey, big brother~ your eyes are really pretty. Were you born with them?"
With the danger gone, Li Yuqin returned to her lively self. Blinking her clear, bright eyes, she looked at Mammon's eyes curiously and asked in a crisp voice.
She had never seen such beautiful eyes before.
They were like gemstones—pure, translucent red. An eerie kind of beauty.
And for some reason, she felt a natural sense of closeness toward Mammon, as if she wanted to get nearer to him.
"No need to be so polite. We're classmates. Since Li Xuwei is fine, I'll be leaving now."
Mammon shook his head slightly and glanced at Li Yuqin, who was looking up at him with her fair little face.
This cute girl—
Was the youngest of the Li siblings.
And also…
His little sister.
Mammon's crimson eyes flickered faintly as he turned and walked away.
For a first meeting, this was enough.
There would be plenty of time in the future to play with them slowly.
"Older sister… older brother… little sister~ hehe…"
The moment he turned his back, a chilling smile spread across Mammon's lips.
If one day, a man's own biological children were to betray him—
What kind of expression would he make?
And just then—
The excited voices of Li Yuxin and Li Yuqin rang out, causing Mammon's steps to halt instantly.
"Dad!"
Their father…
Then—
Mammon's crimson eyes turned ice-cold.
His round pupils transformed into vertical, beast-like slits, with blood vessels creeping around them—sending chills down anyone's spine.